PETALING JAYA - The setting of "zakat fitrah" (personal tithe) rate based on rice grades will be decided by the Fatwa Committee and the Islamic Religious Council of the respective states, said ...

A Mardi study, released on Feb 26, found that between 45% and 50% of bags labelled as imported white rice were mixed with local grains. Local rice is cheaper, mainly due to subsidies.

Meanwhile, the director of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security (ITAFoS), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM, Prof Dr Mohd Rafii Yusop said imported white rice subsidies should also ...

Azmizan also said that the ministry is strengthening its standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure effective enforcement relating to the issue of mixed ... Malaysia. "The ministry is committed to ...